Posts with the tag “sin”

How can a human be justified before God? How can one born of woman be pure?Job 25:4 Job 23-26 Here is one of the  challenges I've had with Job's friends...they made some very valid points.Consider these words from Bildad in Chapter 25.How can a human be justified before God? How can one born of woman be pure? If even the moon does not shine and the stars are not pure in his sight, how much less a ...  Read More

"If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it."Genesis 4:7 Genesis 4:1-16 Have you ever given thought to that voice, that inner feeling that we all get when we know we're about to do something wrong? Maybe as a follower of Jesus, you attribute that feeling to the Holy Spirit. But w...  Read More

The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit from the trees in the garden. But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.’”Genesis 3:2-3 Genesis 3 As a parent, I know that the best way to ensure my kids don't do the wrong thing is to make sure the wrong thing isn't an option.If I don't want them to eat a lot of cand...  Read More